The report, based on Medicare claims filed between January and mid-May, found that more than 325,000 beneficiaries were diagnosed with coronavirus and nearly 110,000 of them were hospitalized. And 28% of those hospitalized died, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Almost the same part went home. Coronavirus …
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Dr. Spitalier Philippe via Flickr Three Minnesota hospitals are on the list of the best children’s hospitals in the US News and World Report. The annual rankings, released last week, analyze the best pediatric hospitals in the United States, highlighting the top 50 centers in various pediatric specialties. Overall, Boston …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A test in pigs of AstraZeneca (AZN.L) The experimental vaccine COVID-19 has found that two doses of the injection produce a greater antibody response than a single dose. Research published Tuesday by Britain’s Pirbright Institute found that administering an initial main dose followed by a booster dose …
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The number of coronavirus cases in the US USA During March it may have been 80 times higher than the original estimates, representing more than 8.7 million new cases that health officials and the public never knew existed, according to a new study. Researchers led by epidemiologists at Penn State …
Read More »White House: Trump did not lead the slowdown in virus testing, does not regret the comment on the ‘Kung flu’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has not directed any slowdown in coronavirus testing and does not regret using the term “kung flu,” which many consider offensive, to describe the virus, the White House said Monday. The Republican president said at a political rally in Oklahoma on Saturday that he …
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